diff --git a/jetty-annotations/src/main/java/org/eclipse/jetty/annotations/AnnotationParser.java b/jetty-annotations/src/main/java/org/eclipse/jetty/annotations/AnnotationParser.java
index 4f076cd6284..2ec5516e77d 100644
--- a/jetty-annotations/src/main/java/org/eclipse/jetty/annotations/AnnotationParser.java
+++ b/jetty-annotations/src/main/java/org/eclipse/jetty/annotations/AnnotationParser.java
@@ -978,11 +978,18 @@ public class AnnotationParser
             return false;
 
         //skip anything that is not a class file
-        if (!name.toLowerCase(Locale.ENGLISH).endsWith(".class"))
+        String lc = name.toLowerCase(Locale.ENGLISH);
+        if (!lc.endsWith(".class"))
         {
             if (LOG.isDebugEnabled()) LOG.debug("Not a class: {}",name);
             return false;
         }
+        
+        if (lc.equals("module-info.class"))
+        {
+            if (LOG.isDebugEnabled()) LOG.debug("Skipping module-info.class");
+            return false;
+        }
 
         //skip any classfiles that are not a valid java identifier
         int c0 = 0;      
@@ -990,7 +997,7 @@ public class AnnotationParser
         c0 = (ldir > -1 ? ldir+1 : c0);
         if (!Character.isJavaIdentifierStart(name.charAt(c0)))
         {
-            if (LOG.isDebugEnabled()) LOG.debug("Not a java identifier: {}"+name);
+            if (LOG.isDebugEnabled()) LOG.debug("Not a java identifier: {}",name);
             return false;
         }